Thanks a lot for your suggestion.
It will be an ammunition in the web war if we can have such a feature to emulate Tapestry component as JSP tag. Don't you think this as a short coming for projects like ours which have to interact or integrate with other websites and portals in the intranet world ? I know that Tapestry does not try to solve all the problems for a web based java project. But being talked about java web components, it gives the impression that it will work in any java based websites. I just want to get your opinion or future plans on this. Thanks, Natesh --- "Howard M. Lewis Ship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Tapestry renders a page containing a form, it > does a lot of > behind-the-scenes work to negotiate between the form > and the components > wrapped by the form (directly, or indirectly). Its > busy counting the number > of form elements, assigning unique names (even when > loops occur) and a bunch > of other stuff. It's a much more complex > relationship than you can get with > a JSP and it would be close to impossible to > reproduce it as a JSP tag > (there has been a recent discussion about trying to > create JSP tags that > could emulate Tapestry components but I still think > of it as a square > peg/round hole situation). > > If you can partition your application into all-JSP > or all-Tapestry, it won't > be that bad. > > However, if you want to have a JSP contain a form > that submits, somehow, > into the world of Tapestry, you'll have to write the > code that pulls query > parameters out of the request ... in other words, > the same kind of work > you'd have to do if you weren't using Tapestry at > all. There is no magic, > Tapestry can't magically know how query parameters > map to what properties or > what translations have to occur. > > You could then, say, have a very similar looking > form implemented as a > Tapestry page and stay inside Tapestry from that > point on. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "natesh babu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Tapestry Developer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:37 AM > Subject: Re: [Tapestry-developer] Tapestry - > Interoperability with JSP Pages > > > > > > I want to use only my Formula-One race car but I > > cannot insist others to use the same. > > > > I don't want to lose all the automatic > > processing of form fields, as well as the > validation > > framework and all that. > > > > Our application will have 100+ forms and other > pages. > > If I have to write two sets of pages one for > Tapestry > > and the other for normal JSP application, then it > is > > lot of work for us which is reversing the use of > > Tapestry. > > > > Is there any other way like using a JSP tag which > will > > refer this form component ? > > > > Thanks, > > Natesh > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You simply can't just rip out portions of a > Tapestry > > > > > > page as a JSP. It's kind of like saying, "How > do I > > > pull > > > the transmission out of my Formula-One race car > and > > > plug > > > it into my lawn mower". > > > > > > If you have to have forms inside JSPs, you can > build > > > > > > them in the normal way and have them submit into > > > Tapestry. A Tapestry page can gain access to > query > > > parameters of the request and process them like > a > > > servlet can. What you lose here is all the > > > automatic > > > processing of form fields, as well as the > validation > > > > > > framework and all that. > > > > > > You'll have to build a bridge between JSP and > > > Tapestry; > > > this will take the form of a new engine service. > > > Take a > > > look at the external service in the Vlib as an > > > example. > > > > > > So, what you'd end up with is a JSP page that, > when > > > submitted, triggers behavior inside a Tapestry > page. > > > > > > The flow of control would look like: > > > > > > Form submits to Tapestry URL > > > Custom service activated, gets page name from > > > service > > > context > > > Locates page instance, casts to particular > > > interface, > > > invokes method > > > Method provided by page gets request parameters > > > supplied > > > by HTML form, does stuff with them > > > Page either renders response, selects another > > > Tapestry > > > page to render response, or forwards to a JSP to > > > render > > > a response > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > http://tapestry.sf.net > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > We are looking at Tapestry to re-write an > existing > > > JSP > > > > based intranet portal. So far, it looks > promising. > > > We > > > > want to really exploit Tapestry's powerful > > > features > > > > like component creation, html templates, > writing > > > > interesting java code, localization, debugging > > > etc. > > > > > > > > But I have the following critical issue. We > have > > > other > > > > JSP based sites which may refer some or most > of > > > the > > > > parts of our portal. For example, another > portal > > > may > > > > embed a form existing in our portal. If I > re-write > > > the > > > > application using Tapestry, how do I just > re-use > > > the > > > > form component in the other jsp based portal ? > I > > > don't > > > > want to simply re-direct, but, want to re-use > or > > > embed > > > > the form component in the jsp page. > > > > > > > > Has anybody faced similar kind of issue ? Any > > > > suggestions or solutions are highly > appreciated. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Natesh > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - > Tired of > > > that same old > > > > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > > > > > > > > > > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? 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